Today...

I love it when husbands come into the store alone. My favorite is when they're after wife presents.
One came in today and walked around with this great bewildered expression. His wife usually uses Wallmart yarns, and he wanted to get her something nice. He went with some Ultra Alpaca in a dark green that his 3-year-old agreed mommy would like. It was very sweet.

Today I brought home some Regia to make baby socks for Della's baby (who will finally be here next week!). So I thought, maybe I should sort out how many UFOs I have, and how many projects I have waiting after them.
It's a little embarrasing.

UFOs:
Kyli's little heart sweater -Needs buttons. Can't find right buttons.
Tubey -I'm on the first sleeve, still. I'm using Merino Cable, and I had no idea it bloomed so much when washed. Of course, I didn't think to wash my swatch until I was past the stripes on the second sleeve. So I ripped and I'm making the next smaller side on 6's now, as oppossed to my size on 9s.
Jasmine Sweater from Natural Knits for mom's friend-This pattern is evil. I did all the decreases right, and came out with the wrong number of stitches on both fronts peices.
Courtney's baby blanket-In Cotton Tots, which I'm not sure is going to hold up well. I bought a really cute Corduroy jacket for her, so this may not get finished.
Royal Bamboo Scarf-Actually, I'm really loving this, but it's got twisted stitches so I have to watch it while I work on the RS rows, so it's going slow. I think I did 6" today, though.
Silk Garden Seed Stitch Scarf- My mindless knitting project. I love how this yarn looks so much that I don't want to do much to distract from it, but plain stockinette would drive me insane.
Opal socks from Spring 06 interweave-I can't recall what they're actually called. I'm making them from some Opal that I hand dyed, in dark magenta and emerald with spots of bright green and pink. The lacey bits really show against my already winter-pale ankles.
Aelf from Rowan 40-A shop sample. Done with the body, and on the lace, but it's just coming out all wrong. This is my fault I'm sure, which makes it even more frustrating.

In the wings:
D's baby socks-Though I'm going to get cracking on these tonight
Hats for the guys/scarves for the girls at work #1. I have Lamb's Pride Superwash Chunky in black for the hats, but no idea what to use for the scarves. I think I'll have to make 9? Cheri will get Recycled silk, but I'm open to yarn recomendations for the others. Maybe some Noro...
Chunky Alpaca sweater-Because I'm already freezing at night, I doubt the Alpaca will be too warm for me. I've got heathered red Misti Alpaca for this.
Christmas stocking for the shop-apparently.
Gina's Bolero (and hat. And belt. And lacey tank. And Ipod cozy.)-And she's coming home for thanksgiving. (It's not that she's demanding, it's that most of these are actually finished but went missing. The tank and Bolero are all I have left to do)
Kitty Pi bed-In Ultra Alpaca, with ArtfulYarns Galaxy as the border. Because those are the yarns Shadow selected.
Blossom Scarf-I'm on a scarf kick, what can I say?
Hats and/or scarves for Joe and his family-I thought it would be nice for christmas to make something for the best record store owner ever, for putting up with my special orders all year.
Mittens for Laurie's friend-these will get high priority, since I'm being paid to make them. Just waiting for fiber confirmation.
Mom's Royal Bamboo Scarf-as soon as I find a stitch I love for the color.

And I'm sure there's others. I have about 30 sock patterns that I can't wait to make.

Also, Magpie came in today with a spindle. So now I want to learn how to spin yarn, because she made it look so much easier that the online tutorials do. IT's so nice to be able to see some actually spinning yarn. Plus, in January there will be a fiber festival in Destin. Yee!